2025 bills / H.B. 338
H.B. 338 Commitment Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill changes Utah's rules for people committed to the custody or treatment of local mental health authorities, including their rights while under commitment. It also sets out who pays for a second competency evaluation when forensic evaluators disagree, and clarifies how a defendant found incompetent to proceed may be released from a secured setting.
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Official description
- defines terms
- amends provisions relating to the rights and privileges to which an individual is entitled when under commitment to the custody or to the treatment services of a local mental health authority
- provides when there is a conflict in the opinions of forensic evaluators, if a party seeks an additional competency evaluation then that party is responsible for selecting the evaluator and paying the cost of the evaluator
- amends provisions and clarifies the process regarding the release from a secured setting of a defendant determined to be incompetent to proceed
- clarifies when the Department of Health and Human Services is required to provide an updated juvenile competency evaluation after an attainment period
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Hearings and debates
- Feb 18, 2025 House Health and Human Services Committee▶ Watch